Mikhail Tal Memorial 2008

Jun 24, 2008

10 players in round-robin, August 18-28th, pairings added

The Ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik will participate in the traditional super-tournament Mikhail Tal Memorial, which will be held in Moscow from 18th to 28th August, Sports.ru reported. Kramnik is back to defend the last year’s trophy, when he confidently took the first place, full point ahead of Alexei Shirov.

Update, 10th August: The field is now completed, with Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Evgeny Alekseev to play. Tal’s Cup, the world’s “largest” blitz tournament will take place on 29-30 August. Total prize fund is 100.000 USD.